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    Feature Interview: People’s Community Medics

    Feature Interview: People’s Community Medics

    Lesley Phillips and Sharena Thomas founded The People’s Community Medics. Photo Credit: East Bay Express Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Blue Heart: How did People’s Community Medics get started? Lesley: We started in 2011. Sharena and I were part of the Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality and State Repression and we met with a fellow from the Oakland Fire Department, whose role is to go behind the EMTs and make sure that they do their
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